December 2003
Features
Building a Profitable Contact Lens Practice
By: Jeffrey C. Krohn, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Learn how to set up a contact lens fee structure that will bring profit to your practice -- even if your patients obtain their lenses elsewhere.
Realizing the Benefits of Continuous Wear
By: Bob Buffington, O.D.
If your patients want continuous vision and they are good candidates, then you will both appreciate the perks of continuous wear. Try it and you'll see.
Retaining Soft Contact Lens Patients
By: Eric Porisch
Try these tips to keep your soft contact lens patients coming back for continued care.
Evaluating Steeper Base Curve Lens Movement
By: Jon Scott Walker, O.D., M.S.; Michael Hay, O.D.; Jeff Blalock, O.D.; Cindy Mack, O.D.; Glen Knezich, O.D., M.S.; Terri L. Henderson, M.S.
This study indicates that for steeper lenses, movement with the blink isn't necessarily a gauge for success.
Departments
editor's perspective
By: Elise Brisco, O.D., F.A.A.O.
In Time, We Will Have to Release Prescriptions
prescribing for astigmatism
By: Thomas G. Quinn, OD, MS, FAAO
Calculate the GP Toric Design That's Right for Your Patients
GP insights
By: Loretta B. Szczotka-Flynn, OD, PhD, MS, FAAO
What's New in GP Lens Manufacturing?
discovering dry eye
By: Kelly Kinney Nichols, OD, MPH, PHD
An Experimental Treatment Packs a Triple Punch
contact lens care
By: Susan Gromacki, O.D., M.S., F.A.A.O.
Solving Initial Gas Permeable Lens Nonwetting
therapeutic topics
By: Julie A. Schornack, OD, MEd
The Effects of Travel On Contact Lens Wear
staffing solutions
By: Mary Jameson, BHS, COA, NCLC, CPOT
Recapturing Walking Contact Lens Prescriptions
contact lens economics
By: Antonio Calossi, DIP OPTOM IT, FAILAC, FBCLA
Are You a Tortoise Or a Hare?
treatment plan
By: Leo Semes, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Vitamins and the Macula
readers' forum
By: Walter Ramsey, O.D.
Passing the Torch from Monovision to Multifocals
contact lens case reports
By: Patrick J. Caroline, FAAO; Mark P. André, FAAO
Keeping the Eyes Straight With Contact Lenses